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Former SAC Capital portfolio manager Michael Steinberg was sentenced to three and a half years in federal prison on Friday, as U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara’s crusade against insider trading continues. While Bharara’s team was looking for a sentence of as much as six and a half years in prison, putting Steinberg, a close personal friend of billionaire Steve Cohen, behind bars is a further demonstration of power on behalf of an emboldened Bharara, who hasn’t personally gone after the hedge fund titan yet.

Steinberg was initially convicted in December, after a jury found him guilty of generating $1.8 million in illegal profits for SAC Capital. The hedge fund itself settled charges with federal regulators, paying $1.8 billion and admitting to criminal behavior. Steinberg, who fainted when read the verdict last December, was pushing for a reduced sentence of two years. Through a spokesperson, Cohen’s family office declined to comment.

Bharara has been closing the circle around Cohen, having convicted eight former SAC employees of insider trading, including Mathew Martoma this February. Bharara also managed to close down the hedge fund, as it accepted to stop managing outside money as part of the settlement with federal authorities. Cohen, who made $2.3 billion in his last year as a hedge fund manager, was force to disband, cutting staff and converting it into a family office, renamed as Point72 Asset Management, tasked with managing the billionaire’s personal $11.1 billion fortune.

One of Cohen’s top lieutenants at SAC, Steinberg will appeal the court’s decision, in an attempt to reduce the sentence.

The real question, though, is whether Bharara will finally go after Cohen himself, something he’s hinted at repeatedly. Cohen, who was seen earlier this week at Sotheby’s for the post-war and contemporary art auction, has been at the center of Martoma’s recent trial, whom federal investigators tried to convince to turn on his former boss.